Animals

A scientist claims elephants’ cancer-preventing genes may have evolved to protect their sperm from the scorching hot habitats the pachyderms’ live in

An adorable seabird courtship ritual shows the meaning of love: fish

Elated researchers watched baby octopuses hatch en masse near Pacific Ocean hydrothermal vents

Cape Cod has quickly become one of the largest white shark hotspots in the world and the first ever in the North Atlantic

Insects have surprisingly rich inner lives—a revelation that has wide-ranging ethical implications

Scientists hypothesize that coiled channels inside a cat’s nose may function like a gas chromatograph

Computer modeling explains a key facet of bees’ decision-making skills—something only seen previously in humans and other primates

Desert ants living in the featureless salt plains of Tunisia count their steps and erect tall entrances at their nests to find their way back home.

Animals have been catching z’s for at least half a billion years. Here’s the first evidence of an animal sleeping

Rainbow lorikeets are Australia’s most abundant native bird. What is paralyzing thousands of them every year?

Horses are specially built to snooze on their hooves, but there’s a catch

A female crocodile birthed a fully formed, stillborn fetus despite living in isolation for 16 years